- Abstract:
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Opening lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was measured with a paediatric spinal fluid manometer in 26 of 61 Kenyan children (mean age 39 months) with cerebral malaria. In all cases pressure was above normal (mean [SD]22.6 [7.4] cm CSF, range 10.5-36). Clinical features of our patients suggest that intracranial hypertension is important in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in children, especially as a cause of death. We suggest that raised intracranial pressure is secondary to incre...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Lancet (London, England)
- Volume:
- 337
- Issue:
- 8741
- Pages:
- 573-576
- Publication date:
- 1991-03-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- URN:
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uuid:5deaca75-c623-43d1-b350-5cefd5696457
- Source identifiers:
-
43512
- Local pid:
- pubs:43512
- Copyright date:
- 1991
Journal article
Intracranial pressure in African children with cerebral malaria.
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